Evaṃ bhagavatā āḷavakassa sabbaññuppavāraṇāya pavāritāya atha kho āḷavako yakkho bhagavantaṃ gāthāya ajjhabhāsi "kiṃ sūdha vittan"ti.

[183] Tattha kinti pucchāvacanaṃ. Sūti padapūraṇamatte nipāto. Idhāti imasmiṃ loke. Vittanti vittaṃ karotīti vittaṃ, dhanassetaṃ adhivacanaṃ. Suciṇṇanti sukataṃ. Sukhanti kāyikacetasikasātaṃ. Āvahātīti āvahati āneti deti, appetīti vuttaṃ hoti. Haveti daḷhatthe nipāto. Sādhutaranti atisayena sādhutaraṃ. "sādutaran"tipi pāṭho. Rasānanti rasasaññitānaṃ dhammānaṃ. Kathanti kena pakārena, kathaṃjīvino jīvitaṃ kathaṃjīvijīvitaṃ, gāthābandhanasukhatthaṃ pana sānunāsikaṃ vuccati. "kathaṃjīviṃ jīvatan"ti vā pāṭho, tassa jīvantānaṃ kathaṃjīvinti attho. Sesamettha pākaṭameva. Evamimāya gāthāya "kiṃ su idha loke purisassa vittaṃ seṭṭhaṃ, kiṃ su suciṇṇaṃ sukhamāvahāti, kiṃ rasānaṃ sādhutaraṃ, kathaṃjīvino jīvitaṃ seṭṭhamāhū"ti ime cattāro pañhe pucchi.

[184] Athassa bhagavā kassapadasabalena vissajjitanayeneva vissajjento imaṃ gāthamāha "saddhīdha vittan"ti. Tattha yathā hiraññasuvaṇṇādivittaṃ upabhogaparibhogasukhaṃ